Film
The Spooky, Masterful Film Boris Karloff Starred in After Frankenstein
Director James Whale used expressive cinematography, Karloff's gift for pantomime, and an original approach to fight sequences to inspire a lasting, haunting sense of fear.
Latest
Music
An Intimate Classical Series Staged in a Manhattan Crypt
The Crypt Sessions fill one of Manhattan's overlooked spaces — the crypt at the Church of the Intercession — with unconventional classical music.
Announcement
Maine College of Art is Now Accepting Applications for its MFA in Studio Art Program
MECA's curriculum emphasizes the intersection of studio production, individual research and critical analysis.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2017
Over 300 artists participate in this year's event highlighting Gowanus's creative community.
Art
An Uncanny, Carnivalesque Exhibition that Tricks and Tantalizes
In Jason J. Ferguson's One-man (freak) show, you encounter one uncanny moment after the next.
Announcement
Call for MFA Applications: VCUarts Sculpture + Extended Media
Students are equipped with large studio spaces, state-of-the-art facilities and the time to pursue independently determined goals.
Art
In Chris Ofili's Latest, Self-Denial and the Fantasy of Paradise
The show evokes a prelapsarian aesthetic world from which viewers — following the story of the expulsion from the Garden of Eden — are barred.
Poetry
One Poem by Molly Brodak
Our poetry editor, Wendy Xu, has selected one poem by Molly Brodak for her monthly series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
At ArtTable, a Talk About the Role of Visual Art in Cities
This week at the New School, ArtTable is holding a panel discussion for its Annual Leadership Series.
Art
An Artist’s Powerful Letter on Post-Hurricane Puerto Rico
Yasmín Hernández lives in Puerto Rico, and instead of attending a panel discussion at El Museo del Barrio in New York last week she sent this letter outlining the realities of post-hurricane life for an artist.
Art
Work That Is Audible to the Naked Eye
In the often derelict but delicate works of Rolf Julius, subtle noise vibrations become palpable, physical things.
Art
An Art Gallery Hosts a Six-Hour Vigil for 185 Environmental Activists Killed in 2016
To mark the end of her exhibition at Commonwealth and Council, Carolina Caycedo is leading a six-hour vigil that remembers those killed in defending their land.